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Madeleine Brettingham @littlemaddles.bsky.social Writer. Performer. Amateur fencer.
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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social One of the Daily Telegraph 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century (49th). Also an author. And producer. And a whole life away from work if you can imagine.
David Arnold @davidarnold.bsky.social The Film /TV / Lots of different sorts of music composer one . Not the other ones . Dislikes the words veggies, roasties, pamphlet and coupon
Darren Hayman @darrenhayman.bsky.social Music & Events: linktr.ee/darrenhaymancatalogue | Mail order = hefnet.com | Art = darrenhaymanart.com | Patreon = patreon.com/darrenhayman | YouTube (updates weekly) = https://youtube.com/@darren.hayman
Steve Hanley @stephenhanley6.bsky.social Husband of Máire. Bass guitarist in House of all. Oh! Brother podcast. Big Midweek book. Made - making some great albums.
Gill Isles @gillisles.bsky.social Trying to make funny stuff for the telly.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3107910/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
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Anita Mangan @anitamangan.bsky.social Graphic Designer & Illustrator.
Books: The Great Reindeer Rescue, The Fart that Changed the World, The Day I Fell Down the Toilet, Escape The Rooms, The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge with my brother, Stephen Mangan. Bingo & Chinese Zodiac by me.
Lucy Porter @lucyportercomic.bsky.social
Simon Welton @swelton.bsky.social Maker of silly things - Horrible Histories, Horrible Science, Big Brother, The Big Breakfast, Sexy Beasts, Soccer Aid, News at 10. OK one is a lie.
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ProdnoseAsWas @lordshortcake.bsky.social Formerly famous fat head & farceur, inventor of the Zeelman Flay (pat. pending) and one half of Danny Kelly's Performing Rat Wonderland. Sole Ambassador for Threadgold's Thorough-Grip Garterettes
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Grant Philpott @grantphilpott.bsky.social TV Producer/Director/Scenic Artist. Harry Hill’s TV Burp. Chaps Out Podcast. Alright on the Night. TV Showdown. The Word. The BIG Breakfast. Mike Edmonds: Under the Radar. Southend-on-Sea Wallpaper. www.grantphilpott.co.uk @chapsoutpod.bsky.social 🌈💖💜💙
Greg @themanwhofell.bsky.social The world's greatest living man.
Jon Richardson @jonnyrico.bsky.social “Comedian”. Not good at most things. Completely unable to detect carrots in shoeboxes.
Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.social Writer/author/editor/dad/doofus. Fan of cricket, ITFC, telly, tunes, old tut. Literary agent @julietpickering.bsky.social. My debut novel is out now. Order links: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/469431/the-dogwalkers-detective-agency-by-hogan-michael/9781
Jojo Moyes @jojomoyes.bsky.social writer, parent, eejit
Tom Gray @automatom.bsky.social Chair of @IvorsAcademy. Member of Gomez, MU & PRS Council. Director of UK Music. #BrokenRecord founder. A working songwriter and composer (just about).
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media jim@londoncentric.media
Dan Mersh @danmersh.bsky.social Actor. Also in the band Black-Hearted Susan, comedy group The Trap, panel show podcast Famous For 15 Quid and once played a doughnut.
Michael Hann @michaelhann.bsky.social Writer for newspapers and magazines, sleevenotes etc. Two books: Denim and Leather, and The Gospel of the Hold Steady. QPR supporter, hoping always that change really is possible
Marc Riley. @marcrileydj.bsky.social WILD DONKEY. BROADCASTER. The Fall 78-83. Not a real Doctor. Met Bowie, Woody and Ronno. Ner ner ner ner ner.
COLOSSAL 🛎️end…
Kate Hodges @theekatehodges.bsky.social 🖊 of 9 non-fic books and 1 novel
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Ed Simons @edsimons.bsky.social
Rob Lord @roblord-music.bsky.social Award winning composer for film and television based in London. Represented by http://coolmusicltd.com
Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social Biographer of The Cure & Manic Street Preachers
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Podcaster with Chart Music
History Of Pop lecturer.
DJ at Spellbound
He/Him.
Welsh.
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Lauren Oakey @laurenoakey.bsky.social
Al Campbell @diralcampbell.bsky.social Director: Charlie Brooker’s Screen|News|Games|wipe/HowTVRuinedYourLife/It'sKevin/DeadPixels/Code404/TwoWeeksToLive/DeathTo2020/InsideNo9/StewartLee/TheChange/CunkOnLife/OnlyChild
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Partridge, Veep, The Witchfinder etc
Jess Phillips @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social MP for Birmingham Yardley
Craig Mazin @clmazin.bsky.social Radiation, fungus, etc.
Andrew Dawson @adawsonbros.bsky.social Comedy writer (Fackham Hall, The Bubble, Brian Butterfield Tour, BAFTAs, Peter Serafinowicz Show, That Mitchell & Webb Look, Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Big School) & #OUFC fan
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1485603/
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Joe Barton @joebarton.bsky.social Professional writer, amateur speller. Spurs fan. #Amadeus #BlackDoves #TheLazarusProject #GiriHaji #HalfBadTheBastardSonAndTheDevilHimself #TheRitual
Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social Writer of nonsenses for “the wireless”, contributor to Private Eye & the Guardian. I like books.
Nat Saunders @ratbanjos.bsky.social Writer, mostly. Other things too.
Fi @feebee69.bsky.social Heart of a goth, mouth of a pirate🏴☠️
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Bob Mortimer @bobmort.bsky.social
Lauren Laverne @laurenlaverne.bsky.social Broadcaster. Slow eater, fast reader.
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Richard James Foster @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social Artist & writer. History & art buff. Museum of Photocopies. Quietus. Guardian. Observer. Louder than War. WORM, Rotterdam. Leiden. Write about music, NL, & my family history. #MDANT. 3rd book out March ‘27 https://linktr.ee/richardfoster
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Rufus (Gerrard-) Wright @rufusgwright.bsky.social Actor, painter, Chap.
Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social Berk
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Body by Jake
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Liz Buckley @lizbuckley.bsky.social Head of A&R at Ace Records. Resident music guest for Standard Issue podcast. Also a cat owner, so it’s mainly records and cats here, to be fair.
Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social I make comics. My new book ONE FOR SORROW out now from DSTLRY. I drew The Wicked & The Divine, wrote Captain Carter, designed Captain Marvel & Ms Marvel, amongst others. I have ADHD if you're wondering why I'm like this. www.jamiemckelvie.fyi
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com- M @markwood.bsky.social @markwood.bsky.social
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
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Bob Stanley @rockingbob.bsky.social The Bee Gees: Children of the World. Penderyn Prize winner 2023. Let's Do It. Yeah Yeah Yeah. Excavate. Ace Records. Saint Etienne. Non league, soft rock. Also in the Record Room at patreon.com/bobstanley
Steve aka The Fall in Fives @steve69.bsky.social stevesmixtapes.com
Alexander Chandler KC @familybrief.bsky.social Family Law Silk at 1KBW | Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators | PFDR evaluator | FRJ board | IAFL Fellow | Father of 3 | Long Distance Runner
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@eightyfivemusic.bsky.social @eightyfivemusic.bsky.social Music, Madonna, mundanity.
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Paul Hanley @hanleypa.bsky.social Husband of Julie, Dad of 3 fantastic human beings. Writer: Leave the Capital’,’HAVE A BLEEDIN GUESS' & ‘Sixteen Again’ published by Route. Podcaster: ‘Oh! Brother’ available everywhere. Drummer: HOUSE Of ALL(Tiny Global). POPSTOCK Records.
Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social Writer / DJ / silly sausage
crisps / hullabaloo and custard / pop music is important
1984: The Year Pop Went Queer out now
Andrew Harrison @nndroid.bsky.social Small Language Model. Discontent Provider. Group Editor of @PodmastersUK, home of Oh God What Now?, Bunker and more podcasts. Inventor of landfill indie. Social media binfluencer.
Robin Turner @robinturner.bsky.social Wrote books about The Chemical Brothers and Heavenly Recordings, does PR for some of rock and / or roll's finest, part owns The Social. Now writing weekly newsletters about life with and after a brain tumour: https://acloudablossom.substack.com/
David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. AND OTHER STORIES collection: https://tinyurl.com/msmv7amc. IMAGINE A FRIEND:
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Carrie Quinlan @carrieq.bsky.social Pasty Gaywoman
Simon Blackwell @simonblackwell.bsky.social Screenwriter/showrunner: Breeders, Back, Veep, The Thick Of It, Peep Show, In The Loop, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Four Lions
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Tghelani @tghelani.bsky.social Scripted TV exec. Like yelling ‘You can’t fight city hall!’
Kieron Moyles @kieronmoyles.bsky.social Dad, husband, cat lackey, former record plugger & documentary maker, ongoing fantasist
Lost.
ADHD/RSD probably autistic as well
I've been accused of looking tired - 2 rapidly growing children.
Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social Writer & highwayman.
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Izzy Mant 🔹 @izzymant.bsky.social Screenwriter (emerging). Former producer (stuff you've heard of like Peep Show). Catless childless cat lady (proud).
Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social It may look to the untrained eye, I'm sitting on my arse all day.
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Andrea Gibb @gibbzer.bsky.social Short Scottish Screenwriter. Fidget. Ne'er do well #MDANT🥉
'Mayflies' 'Elizabeth Is Missing'
'Miss Austen' on BBC and iPlayer now.
Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social 📚Don’t Make Me Laugh out now.
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juliaraeside.com
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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
Jon Macqueen @jonmacqueen.bsky.social Man?
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
Nadia Shireen @nadiashireen.bsky.social Writer and illustrator of silly things.
Mike Wood @funnyonceaday.bsky.social Comedian. Beekeeper. Mathdork. 🇨🇦
YouTube "Mike Wood:Under-Represented"
Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz Vapid Response Unit. Tired dad. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi
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